Author
Distribution
- Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sudan, Turkmenistan
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Synonyms
- chaudoyei Theobald
- impunctus Doenitz
- 1902:67 (A)
- Type-loc: Wadi [el] Natrun, [south of Alexandria], Egypt (NE)
- nigrifasciatus Theobald
Bionomics
- An inland and coastal breeder of semi-arid regions in pans, oases
and collections of brackish water. Breeds in fresh water, cesspools and
highly saline pools. Females readily enter houses and bite man (Gillies
and deMeillon 1968).
Medical Importance
- Secondary malaria vector (Gillies and deMeillon 1968).
Additional References
- Christophers 1933:257 (M*, F*,
P, L*, E).
- Evans 1938:343 (M*, F*, P, L*, E)
- de Meillon 1947b:219 (M*, F*, L*,
E*).
- Gillies and de Meillon 1968:316
(distr.).
- Aslamkhan 1971:147 (distr.).
- Abdullah and Merdan 1995:815 (distr.).
- Amr et al. 1997:375 (distr.).
- Eritja et al. 2000 8: 11 (distr.,
Spain).
- Hadjivassilis 2000 7: 38 (distr.).
- Trari et al. 2002: 331 (distr., Morocco).
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